1150 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 663

sation payments to which he may be entitled under the com-
pensation laws of the State of Maryland.

(k) Any member of the Fire Department who shall become
unfit for service therein by reason of sickness, disability or
accident not arising in the line of duty, and who shall have
served less than twenty-five (25) years as a member of the
Department, but not less than ten (10) years therein, shall
be entitled to receive a pension beginning at the expiration of
six (6) months from the date of his suspension as a member
of the Fire Department where said suspension is due to said
sickness, disability or accident not arising in the line of duty,
said pension shall be computed by using the actual number of
years of said service of said member as the "numerator", and
the figure "25" as the "denominator" and dividing said sum
into an amount equal to fifty (50) percent of the average an-
nual wage of said member and the "quotient" thereby ob-
tained shall be the amount of the pension which shall be
paid, but no pension in any amount shall be paid during or for
the six months waiting period.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment to report to the Governing Body any member of the De-
partment who shall become disabled for further service by
reason of sickness, disability or accident not arising out of the
course of performance of duty, and the Board shall thereupon
designate a reputable physician to make a thorough examina-
tion of said member and if said member be found by said
physician to be unfit for active service in said department,
the Board shall order a pension to be paid and the Board
shall order said member to be retired, and said retirement
shall be compulsory and the member shall be entitled to re-
ceive a pension pursuant to and consistent with the rules and
regulations hereinbefore set forth. Any member who shall re-
fuse or neglect to present himself to the physician designated
by the Board to be examined shall have all of his pension
rights suspended and they shall remain suspended for a period
of six (6) months to be computed from the time that he did
present himself for such examination.

(m) Any member of the Department who shall have served
less than twenty-five (25) years but not less than ten (10)
years, who shall sustain an accidental injury arising out of the
performance of his duties as a member of the Fire Department
and who shall be permanently incapacitated by reason of said
injury, shall be entitled immediately upon the full and final
payment of all compensation payments to him, to receive a
pension in accordance with these rules and regulations and
no waiting period shall be required.

(n) The proceeds of the Fire Department Pension Fund
as hereby created shall consist of